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Here are Adam Drury's cricket betting tips for the first Test, which starts at 11:00am on Thursday.

England’s dominant record at Edgbaston

England’s World Cup semi-final demolition of Australia was an extension of their extraordinary recent Test match record at Edgbaston.

The hosts have won nine of their last 12 Tests in Birmingham, including all of their last four, and hammered Michael Clarke’s Australia there four years ago.

Described by Ian Bell this week as "our equivalent to a Gabba-style cauldron", expect another raucous atmosphere to inspire England to a 1-0 lead this week.

England to win

Joe Root is under pressure

Root was already under pressure coming into this game. Question marks were lingering about his captaincy, while a batting performance full of error against Ireland suggested that he was feeling the effects of his manic workload.

But by bowing to public pressure and bumping himself up to number three in the batting order for spurious reasons, the demands on him have only intensified.

It wouldn’t come as a surprise if he struggles even more as a result.

Joe Root to score under 33.5 first innings runs

England’s post-World Cup strategy

Root and Bairstow both looked out of sorts against Ireland, with the skipper admitting afterwards that they could have managed some of the World Cup winners’ workloads better.

But expect Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, both granted a couple of weeks off since their heroics in the final at Lord’s, to return to the side ready to fire.

Stokes, who was in consistently good nick throughout the tournament and will be eager to make up for his absence from the 2017/18 Ashes series, should be backed to go well.

England’s top first innings batsman: Ben Stokes

David Warner doesn’t care about boos

Warner can expect some stick from the Edgbaston crowd this week, but anybody who knows him laughs off the idea that he will be knocked off his stride.

He passed 50 in six of his first 10 innings back in international cricket after his 12-month ball-tampering ban, twice reaching three figures, which suggests that any boos will only inspire him.

His first-innings runs threshold is low, so it’s well worth backing.

David Warner to score over 28.5 first innings runs

Australia’s selecting on county form

Australia’s selection strategy has revolved exclusively around what will work best for them in English conditions, with Durham’s Cameron Bancroft selected to open the batting and Essex’s Peter Siddle competing with Mitchell Starc for a spot in the side.

Siddle in particular is worth keeping an eye on.

The ageless seamer took five wickets in Australia’s intra-squad warm-up match last week, having claimed 34 victims in the Championship this season. His nagging style is the antithesis of what England’s batsmen would like to face.

Australia’s top first innings bowler: Peter Siddle

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